Dieter Noll

East german writer (1927-2008).

Born December 31st, 1927 in Riesa.

Died February 6th, 2008 at 80 years old in Zeuthen.

Chika Hirao

Japanese association football player.

Born December 31st, 1996 (age 29 years) in Matsudo.

Anatoly Kuznetsov

Soviet and russian actor (1930–2014).

Born December 31st, 1930 in Moscow.

Died March 7th, 2014 at 83 years old in Moscow (cancer).

Siba Shakib

Iranian writer.

Born December 31st, 1969 (age 56 years) in Tehran.

Margarete Schlegel

German actress (1899-1987).

Born December 31st, 1899 in Bydgoszcz.

Died July 15th, 1987 at 87 years old in Saltdean.

Enrique Maier

Spanish tennis player.

Born December 31st, 1910 in Barcelona.

Died August 22nd, 1981 at 70 years old in Madrid.

Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo

President of the ecowas commission.

Born December 31st, 1953 (age 72 years) in Boussouma Department.

Tes Schouten

Dutch swimmer.

Born December 31st, 2000 (age 25 years) in Bodegraven.

Denis Denisov

Russian ice hockey defenceman.

Born December 31st, 1981 (age 44 years) in Kharkiv.

Alfredo Panzini

Italian lexicographer (1863-1939).

Born December 31st, 1863 in Senigallia.

Died April 10th, 1939 at 75 years old in Rome.

Mario Aerts

Belgian cyclist.

Born December 31st, 1974 (age 51 years) in Herentals.

Sharmin Akter

Woman of courage 2017.

Born December 31st, 1995 (age 30 years) in Gaibandha.

Toni Kuivasto

Finnish footballer.

Born December 31st, 1975 (age 50 years) in Tampere.

Charles Judson Wallace

American basketball player.

Born December 31st, 1982 (age 43 years) in Atlanta.

Florent Rouamba

Burkinabe footballer.

Born December 31st, 1986 (age 39 years) in Ouagadougou.

Daniel Guzmán

Mexican footballer.

Born December 31st, 1965 (age 60 years) in Guadalajara.

Nicolas Born

German writer (1937–1979).

Born December 31st, 1937 in Duisburg.

Died December 7th, 1979 at 41 years old in Dannenberg-Breese in der Marsch (cancer).

Ondřej Trojan

Czech film producer, actor and film director.

Born December 31st, 1959 (age 66 years) in Prague.

Mathias Hain

German footballer.

Born December 31st, 1972 (age 53 years) in Goslar.

Iacob Negruzzi

Moldavian-born romanian poet and prose writer (1842-1932).

Born December 31st, 1842 in Iași.

Died January 6th, 1932 at 89 years old in Bucharest.

Jelisaveta Načić

Serbian architect (1878-1955).

Born December 31st, 1878 in Belgrade.

Died June 6th, 1955 at 76 years old in Dubrovnik.

Hans am Ende

German artist (1864-1918).

Born December 31st, 1864 in Trier.

Died July 9th, 1918 at 53 years old in Szczecin.

T. Carmi

Israeli poet (1925-1994).

Born December 31st, 1925 in New York City.

Died November 20th, 1994 at 68 years old in Jerusalem.

Jana Veselá

Czech basketball player.

Born December 31st, 1983 (age 42 years) in Prague.

Lothar Berger

German general and knight's cross recipient.

Born December 31st, 1900 in Halberstadt.

Died November 5th, 1971 at 70 years old in Bad Schwartau.